Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
Hi everyone! Jenn here from Clean and Scentsible! With Christmas only 13 days away, I am sure many of you are on the hunt for quick and easy Christmas gifts. This candy cane hot chocolate is SO yummy and the handmade tag dresses it up for the perfect little present!
MATERIALS
- Comfort and Joy: Evergreen designer kit from Sugarplum Paperie
- paper cutter
- glue
- brown ink (ink dabber optional)
- scissors or paper distresser
- 3 inch circle punch
- baker’s twine
- jingle bells
- small red clothes peg
- mason jars
- hot chocolate powder
- small marshmallows
- milk chocolate chocolate chips
- candy canes or peppermints
Cut a 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inch rectangle from both the green polka dot and green herringbone paper and glue them together. Ink the edges of the green paper and the red tag with brown ink. I like to use an ink dabber as it gives a softer application of the ink {see picture 1. below}. Glue the red tag on the front.
Using the cream paper, print out “Candy Cane Hot Cocoa” {I just used a word processing program with the font Budmo Jiggler in red} and trim to approximately 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches. Ink the edges as above and mount on the dark brown paper. To give the edges a more distressed look, use a paper distresser {picture 2.} or the edge of your scissors {picture 3.} to rough up the edges. Glue this on an angle to the front of the tag and glue the word “magical” just under the right top corner.
On the back of the tag, I printed out the following instructions on the cream paper: “Directions: Mix all ingredients together and add to 1 cup of warm mil or boiling water. Store remaining ingredients in an airtight container. ENJOY!”. This was trimmed to approximately 2 inches x 1 7/8 inches and mounted again on the dark brown paper. The edges of the brown paper were distressed and glued onto the back of the tag.
Wrap brown twine around the bottom of the tag and tie. I added a small red clothes peg and a small candy cane sticker to the back of the tag for a little extra embellishment.
{Please note that the green papers are reversed on this tag compared to the tag shown above}
To make the hot chocolate mixture, layer hot chocolate powder, crushed candy canes or peppermints, marshmallows, and chocolate chips in a mason jar.
Print out the red snowflake to cover the jar lid {I printed mine just a little bigger than 3 inches and punched it out with a circle punch}. Glue this on to the lid. Punch a small hole in the corner of your tag, string with baker’s twine, and add a jingle bell. Tie to secure.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
Other Articles by Jennifer:
- NOEL Banner - November 23rd, 2011
- Halloween Treat Card - October 13th, 2011
